Arrangement of main boilers for steamships



Dec. 26, 1939. o. DAMSLETH ARRANGEMENT 015 MAIN BOILERS FOR STEAMSHIPS Filed NOV. 16, 1937' Patented Dec. 26, 1939 OFFICE ARRANGEMENT OF MAIN BOILERS FOR STEAMSHIPS way Application November 16, 1937, Serial No. 174,872

In Norway November 25, 1936 1 Claim. (01. 114-05) In steam ships the main boilers are generally placed on the bottom of the ship or, in accordance with some later constructions, even on the deck, in both cases, however, in such a manner that the distance between the boilers and the ships bottom or the deck or platform supporting the boilers has been limited to the height necessary for supervision and repair.

In accordance with the present invention the boilers are mounted. on columns or supports in such a manner that the access for supervision and repair of the underside of the boilers is made easy and practical, whereas on the other hand the higher parts of the engine room on both sides thereof is utilized for taking up the boilers instead of being used for bunkers or not being used at all, as the extra machinery placed on the bottom of the engine room does generally not require the full height of the latter.

In accordance with the present inventionit will therefore be possible to restrict the space necessary for machinery, so that the cargo holds of the ship may be correspondingly increased.

On the drawing a diagrammatic cross section or the ship serves to illustrate how the boilers may be placed in accordance with the invention.

I is the driving engine and 2, 3 the main boilers. These are located on opposite sides of the driving engine and are supported by columns 4 and ii and by brackets 6, I, mounted on trans- 5 verse wall sections 8, 9 in such a manner that the underside of the boilers will be at a sufficient height above the bottom of the engine room to permit free movement below the boilers, respectively to permit placing below the boilers of dif- 10 ferent kinds of supplementary machinery, as diagrammatically indicated at In.

The lateral spaces between the transverse wall sections 8, 9 may be utilized as storing rooms or for other purposes. 16

I claim:

A power plant for steamships comprising a main engine, two main boilers therefor located on opposite sides of said engine with their axes extending in, the longitudinal direction of the 20 ship and columns supporting said boilers at such a height above the engine room floor so that the undersides of said boilers are readily accessible and there is a free space below said boilers.

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